Re: compile PHP static and use modules?

These steps are correct. If it isn't working you have something else weird going on that you are not telling us. -Rasmus On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Michael Collins wrote: > I am trying to compile PHP static into Apache but still allow for > other modules to be utilized via the DSO mechanism. It was suggested > by Rasmus that I use --enable-module=so in the apache configure > command, and if I want to add a bunch of shared libraries to use > --enable-shared=max. > > First I tried to use --enable-module=so and --enable-shared=max This > gave me PHP as a module (along with a bunch others in > /usr/apache/lib/) and I thought PHP was also compiled static into > Apache (how can one tell that?) but when I commented out the > following: > > #LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so > #AddModule mod_php4.c > > And uncommented: > > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php > AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps > > It no longer works so that tells me I had the module of php only. > Which is not what I want. > > So then I ran it again with just --enable-module=so (actually I have > done this twice now to check). This did not work as I again got PHP > compiled into Apache but no module support. I can tell since I cannot > place a load module line into the httpd.conf file without getting an > error and the installation process did not create the directory I put > "*.so" modules into (which I manually created): /usr/lib/apache/ or > /usr/apache/lib/ > > I also noticed that in the install script the following is output: > > checking whether to build shared libraries... no > checking whether to build static libraries... yes > > Is this telling me that things are not going according to plan? > > Here are the exact steps I have taken: > > [root@www etc]# cd /usr/local/etc/ > [root@www etc]# tar zxvf apache_1.3.14.tar.gz > [root@www etc]# cd apache_1.3.14 > [root@www apache_1.3.14]# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache > [root@www apache_1.3.14]# cd .. > [root@www etc]# tar zxvf php-4.0.3pl1.tar.gz > [root@www etc]# cd php-4.0.3pl1 > [root@www php-4.0.3pl1]# ./configure \ > --prefix=/usr/local \ > --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \ > --with-apache=/usr/local/etc/apache_1.3.14 \ > --enable-track-vars \ > --enable-trans-sid \ > --with-xml > [root@www php-4.0.3pl1]# make > [root@www php-4.0.3pl1]# make install > [root@www php-4.0.3pl1]# cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini > [root@www php-4.0.3pl1]# pico /usr/local/lib/php.ini > [root@www etc]# cd ../apache_1.3.14 > [root@www apache_1.3.14]# ./configure \ > --activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a \ > --enable-module=php4 \ > --prefix=/usr/local/apache \ > --enable-module=so \ > ****TRiED WITH/ WITHOUT --enable-shared=max *** > [root@www apache_1.3.14]# make > [root@www apache_1.3.14]# make install > [root@www apache_1.3.14]# pico /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf > [root@www apache_1.3.14]# /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start > > If anyone has gotten this far, I really appreciate it since this is > getting mighty frustrating. > > Michael > >